Review Round-Up - March 2017

Like Link in this stunning artwork, The Legend of Zelda series climbed to new heights with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, SuperPhillip Central's Featured Game of the Month.

Because SuperPhillip Central's April Fools shenanigans from the weekend, we're just now getting to the Review Round-Up, your monthly look at the reviews written and published to the site over the past month. March saw six individual reviews for lots of games and systems, including the all-new Nintendo Switch!

The beginning of the month saw the origin of the land of Ys-- Ys Origin, to be exact. Its enjoyable action-RPG combat and platforming got a well deserved B grade. Following that was a fun, colorful, but deviously difficult 360 degree shoot-em-up, Blue Rider, which earned a C+. FAST RMX was SuperPhillip Central's first Nintendo Switch review, blazing onto the system for a B+! Then, Bomberman came back from hibernation for an imperfect but still enjoyable game with Super Bomberman R, getting a satisfactory C grade. Mario Sports Superstars split its focus to five sports, and while it was a jack of all sports, it was master of none, earning the overall package a still enjoyable C+. Finally, SuperPhillip Central's Game of the Month and the Nintendo Switch's killer app, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild dazzled this reviewer much like it dazzled most of the gaming world. I gave the game a superb A grade. Stay tuned for April's batch of reviews, including one big game that I'm covering almost a year after its release, long after the hype. I hope it holds up!

Ys Origin (PS4) - B
Blue Rider (PS4, XB1, PC) - C+
FAST RMX (NS) - B+
Super Bomberman R (NS) - C
Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) - C+
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (NS, Wii U) - A

Meanwhile, Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom gang took to the field,
 diamond, court, course, and racetrack in Mario Sports Superstars.

Central City Census - March 2017

Welcome to a new month here at SuperPhillip Central! Like months usually begin here, we have a new Central City Census and Review Round-Up series of posts to go through, starting with the former. Let's see the results from last month's poll!

We only got half the number of votes compared to January, so that was unfortunate, but I do really suck at remembering to remind folks to vote no matter the month! I guess I was really sucky this past month!

Regardless, February's Central City Census tried to measure readers' hype towards the Nintendo Switch through whether folks were intending to purchase one. The majority are, whether if they've already pre-ordered, are trying to get one at launch, or will eventually get one, probably when launch issues have cleared up and more games are out.

Time for March's Central City Census question! This month, SuperPhillip Central asks your opinion on which console manufacturer has the most appealing first party games to you. Poll closes at the end of the month. I'll try to make more consistent reminders for readers to vote this month.